22 Beach Puns That Are Shore to Make You Laugh

You sea what we did there?

“Life’s a beach” is so last year! These beach one-liners, ocean puns, and jokes are perfect for your next sojourn to the shore. Not to mention, beach puns make great Instagram captions for a beach day. Don’t forget to bring a book for beach reading (and bookmark these book puns for future laughs).

Punny beach jokes

BEACH LOVER 1: What’s your favorite beach you’ve ever been to?
BEACH LOVER 2: It’s a beach in California!
BEACH LOVER 1: California has a lot of beaches, could you please be more Pacific?

Q. What do you do with a sick boat?
A. Bring it to the dock!
Boat puns are *ferry* funny! Here are some more corny jokes and puns that you can’t help but laugh at.

Q. What did the fisherman say when his fishing line got tangled?
A. Something a-piers to be wrong…

Don’t miss these hilarious fish puns that keep the laughs coming.

Q: What did the ocean say to the pirate?
A: Nothing—it just waved!
There arrrr plenty more funny pirate jokes where that came from!

Q. Did you hear about the martial artists who fought on the beach?
A. They faced off in sand-to-sand combat.

Need more puns? These plant puns will really knock your stalks off.

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Q. What crashes onto the shore on very small beaches?
A. Micro-waves.

Q. How does the ocean floor stay up-to-date on the news?
A. By following current events, of course.

Q. Why did the crab cross the beach?
A. To get to the other tide!
If these ocean puns are making you crave a beach vacation, check out the 25 best beaches in America to visit this summer.

Q. What did the sand say when the tide came back in?
A. Long time, no sea!

Q. What does Cinderella wear at the beach?
A. Glass flippers!
If you liked that one, you’ll have to check out our full list of Disney jokes and puns!

Beach one-liners

What’s up, buoys and gulls?

I’m ready to make waves today!

Don’t worry, beach happy!
Get in the mood for beach season with these beautiful summer quotes.

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You’ll have to excuse my resting beach face.

Remember, don’t give in to pier pressure!

How are you? Because I feel fin-tastic!

I’m swimming at the beach, water you doing today?

Time for a shell-ebration! Check out these rock puns for more punny laughs.

This beautiful beach is making me emoceanal.
You’ll probably feel that way at these stunning beaches with the clearest water in the world!

Relaxing on the beach is my porpoise!

Get out there and seas the day!

I see you trying to come up with some funny ocean puns. But I beach you to it.
You’ll have plenty of options to share these beach puns at the 50 best beaches in the world.

Meghan Jones
Meghan Jones is a word nerd who has been writing for RD.com since 2017. You can find her byline on pieces about grammar, fun facts, the meanings of various head-scratching words and phrases, and more. Meghan graduated from Marist College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2017; her creative nonfiction piece “Anticipation” was published in the Spring 2017 issue of Angles literary magazine.